Wanda P. Fisher
Wanda P. Fisher, 90, formerly of Anna Maria Island, died April 18, in Fort Worth, Texas. She was born Feb. 21, 1927, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the daughter of Henry T. Britten and Wilma O. (Short) Britten.
She attended high school in Ann Arbor. After graduation, she accepted a secretarial position with the U.S. Department of the Navy during World War II and moved to Washington, D.C.
In 1950, she became a stewardess for American Airlines and was assigned to fly from Chicago to Dallas. As was the custom then, she cut her career short upon her marriage to Hal W. Fisher of Howell, Michigan, in 1952.
She resided in Brighton, Michigan, for many years, raising daughter Bari and working for Brighton Area Schools until her husband died in 1986.
Always looking for adventure, she moved to Anna Maria Island in 1988 to live on the beach. She took up golf, adopted Chuck, her long-time furry companion, and sang in the choir at Roser Memorial Community Church.
After eight years of enjoying island life, she moved to The Villages. While living there until 2013, she enjoyed golfing, going to movies and game night with friends.
Health issues brought her back to Texas to live with her daughter and son-in-law.
There will be a private service in Howell, Michigan. Memorial donations may be made to Community Hospice of Texas/Hospice House Downtown Fort Worth via chot.org.
She is survived by daughter Bari; son-in-law Bill; grandson Kevin and wife Jendi; and great-grandson Carson.
Donald John Jablonski
Donald John Jablonski, 82, of Anna Maria, died April 22. He was born Nov. 12, 1934, in Essexville, Michigan, and was raised in Bay City, Michigan.
He also resided in Arlington, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Potomac, Maryland.
He was a 1953 graduate of Bay City Central High School in Michigan and a 1959 graduate of Southeastern University in Washington, D.C.
He served as president and treasurer of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Maryland, Exchange Club for many years.
He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, assigned to the Naval Inspector General Office in the Pentagon.
He also worked as an auditor for Capital Airlines Inc., as senior accountant with Advanced Communications Engineering and costs accountant with Selma Field Engineering Services. He then moved to assistant comptroller with Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, senior associate executive vice president with the American College of Cardiology and his final position as the first executive director of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
In 1999, he developed Hodgkin’s disease and went through treatments. Over the next 17 years, he developed five more cancers.
A service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 8 at Sarasota National Cemetery, 9810 State Road 72, Sarasota. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes and Crematory 43rd Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be made online at brownandsonsfuneral.com. Memorial donations may be made to H. Lee Moffitt Center and Research Institute in Tampa or a local veterans service organization. Mr. Jablonski also asked that memorials be made giving a flower or making a call to a relative or friend.
Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Hellen “Pat;” daughter Pamela Jablonski; son Tim Jablonski; grandson Lorenzo Whitfield; step-children Bernie Neumaster and Terry and husband David Neumaster; daughter-in-law Shelly; son-in-law Lorenzo H. Whitfield and son-in-law Randy Bell.